Total Posts : 6 posts
India’s capital New Delhi has seen it all. Kings born, killed and thriving, traitors selling away the nation, poets of incredible eminence write and share their best works, pacifists and the most violent call it their home. Over the last many centuries the city has expanded beyond what was
When belief is paramount in your sense of being, then imposing it on others and resisting others’ is a natural consequence. Short of a dishonest act of resisting violence of an uneasy truce, the only way of living in the societies powered by beliefs and ideologies is constant death and
Idol worship (although the word is not a faithful translation of the activity) is considered central to Hinduism. What is it? Idols in the Hindu temples are not toys or statues. They are physical bodies that have been energized to vibrate in a certain way such that they impact everything
After Pakistani Hindus have been ethnically cleansed by the Muslims there, now it is the turn of Bangladeshi Hindus. Many temples and hundreds of houses of Hindus have been vandalized and destroyed. Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad, a group which looks after Hindu temples,said 47 temples and at least 700
Here is a very interesting discussion on the situation and treatment of Minorities in Pakistan, and specifically the Hindus. One of the guests Munir Saami has an incisive take on mess in Pakistan. He gives reference of the Persian rulers – the Mughals – who also treated Hindus extremely badly. He cites
The influence of Hinduism beyond the normal borders of India has been well known. Here is an inscription from the “Fire Temple”in the Surakhani town of Azherbaijan. It is in the suburb of the capital Baku. The inscription here clearly starts with श्री गणेसाय नम: Atesh
Subscribe to get access to premium content or contact us if you have any questions.
Subscribe Now
